Nigerian president says security situation improved

Security situation has improved in Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday.

The president stated this in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara State during a one-day working visit to the state.

Buhari said security situation would continue to improve under his leadership.

He expressed confidence in the ability of the Nigerian security agencies to contain any form of terrorism in any part of the country.

He told his audience that the government, through its micro economic and monetary policies of the Central Bank, would soon revitalize the nation's economic sector.

President Buhari said part of his visit to the state was to encourage the military that were currently in the state for the 2016 Nigerian Army Day celebration.

He said this year's event aimed partly to root out cattle rustlers and armed bandits in the state as well as in neighboring states of Kaduna, Kebbi, Katsina and Sokoto.

Earlier, Governor Abdul'Aziz Yari said the president had rekindled the hopes of Nigerians through his policies and programs.

He appealed to the government to continue to come up with meaningful programs that would be replicated by the states for the benefit of Nigerians. Endit